Bob Oliver, Innova’s hoisting specialist, said: “It’s important to remember that not all areas of the UK have easy access to high-quality healthcare, it’s great to see the NHS investing in more remote locations like Orkney. It’s certainly brought up a new challenge for us in getting our equipment and installations team to Orkney and back.”

Meanwhile, Innova’s CEO, Tom Hulbert, said: “At Innova, we’re always pushing ourselves to go the extra step and reach farther than before – and we’ve done that quite literally with these Orkney projects. It will be great to see our hoists and tracking in both facilities, and our team looks forward to working in Orkney.”

Innova’s hoist tracking and units will be able to facilitate safe and easy transfers across the hospital and the care home, will some units able to lift over 260kg.

Both Balfour Hospital and St Peter’s House are being replaced with new-build facilities that are both due for completion in 2019.